Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis can be difficult. Sometimes patients have only discrete symptoms for years till the right diagnosis is found. Early detection is important since early treatment can slow down the progression of the disease and minimize relapses. If MS is a possible explanation for your symptoms it makes sense to look at the most
THE DIAGNOSIS Often thought of as a condition affecting adults, headaches (including migraines) are common in children and adolescents. In adolescents, the headache presents similarly, however, in younger children, the diagnosis can be more difficult. THE STATISTICS In the US, 20 percent of school age children are prone to headaches and statistics suggest a similar
Globally strokes are one of the most common causes of death. 90% of strokes are caused by 10 modifiable risk factors. If these risk factors are adjusted, almost all strokes could be prevented. These are the results of a study published in the leading journal The Lancet. The Study The study was led by Dr.
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If you are living within 50 meters (55 yards) of a street with heavy traffic, your dementia risk is 7% higher compared to people living more than 300 meters away from busy roads. These are the results of a study recently published in world leading journal The Lancet. The Study Researchers in Canada included 6.5
Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of chronic headache, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The findings were published in Scientific Reports. The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study, KIHD, analysed the serum vitamin D levels and occurrence of headache in approximately 2,600 men aged between 42 and 60
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Peter Chaban was up early doing dishes one morning in 2012 when he noticed there was water flowing over his hand — but he couldn’t feel it. Next thing he knew, he lost all sensation and strength on his left side and dropped to the floor. Within seconds he was lying there completely immobilized. By
Researchers found out the Ibuprofen and other NSAR’s might reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAR’s) show certain effects in the brain. They inhibit enzymes involved in inflammatory processes and they reduce the over-expression of enzymes involved in cognitive impairment. Thus NSAR’s are able to counteract certain pathological changes in Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers found that adding an antibiotic to the therapy plan reduces relapse rates and brain lesion in multiple sclerosis. This is interesting since multiple sclerosis is known to be an autoimmune disease. Meaning, the immune system of the human body attacks cells of the own body. Antibiotics are usually used in infectious diseases (a bacterium
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